Beyond

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studio album
First released:
May 1 2007

Overview Edit

Beyond is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr. It is their first LP in a decade, and the first album by the original lineup since 1988's Bug. The band planned a full world tour in 2007 to support the album. The band played Almost Ready on the Late Show with David Letterman to support their album.

It debuted at #69 on the Billboard 200.

Almost Ready was used on the Major League Baseball 2K8 soundtrack, and Pick Me Up is downloadable content for the Rock Band series.

The songs Almost Ready and Crumble were used in Alien Workshop's skateboarding film Mind Field.

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Catalog number:
FP1081 2
Release dates:
  • May 1 2007 in United States

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Alternative, Alternative Rock, Indie. Vote on Genres

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5 stars Just like the good ole daze, and maybe a little better...
("Beyond" by Dinosaur Jr.)

It's pretty much a fact of life these days that long-broken-up bands will reunite. What's surprising is that many of them have managed to retain the qualities that made them popular to begin with. Sometimes the bands will take the opportunity to reinvent themselves a bit (Wire's '02 comeback Send). Mostly, though, they go for their "original" sound, and usually the "original" songs, of their youth. It didn't really surprise me when Dinosaur Jr. reformed, even with all…
Written by Scott Bresinger
2 stars 5 STARS for the original disc, 2 STARS for the "import/extra tracks" value
Just to make it perfectly clear, I think 'Beyond' is a brilliant album by the re-formed original lineup that harkens back to their earlier material and is certainly worthy of 5 stars. It never travels too far from my CD player. That being said, I sprung for the "import" version that has two extra tracks: "Yer Son" (a good, but not great, Dino Jr. song) and "Tiny Town" (40 seconds of punk riffing that could've been done by anybody). In my opinion, not worth twice (or more) the price of what the r…
Written by Johnny Trouble

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Beyond 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 1081
release dates: May 1 2007
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Beyond 11 tracks format: 1 x vinyl
record label: Fat Possum Records
release dates: Jul 10 2007
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